“...
there is no difference inprinciple between a universe,
a religion, and a hoax.
All involve an engineering of
manifestation, or practical
fiction, that is ultimately
unworthy of belief. Nothing
is true, because everything
is under production.”
― CCRU: Writings 1997 - 2003
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We are now open for issue 2 essay and artwork entries
Issue 2: Technologies of domination
In an accelerating death of plausible utopias and the rise of depressive hedonias, this post-information age we are currently in is all about the limitations and potentials of technology. Hatched out of colonial trauma, the transatlantic slave trade and the military-industrial-complex - cybernetics, robotics, artificial Intelligence spies, synthetic biotech, designer drugs and DIY hormones flood into fibre optic cables ensuring the sophistication of socio-economic and spatiotemporal relations. Speculative hype bubbles digitalise art into NFTs and fiat currency into cryptocurrency promising upward social mobilisation of the wretched through the blockchain. With Web 3.0, 3D-printed personalised artificial limbs and organs give birth to cyborgs - science fiction mirrors itself into reality blurring all the lines. Silicon and carbon conjoin in unholy matrimony. Hydra abominations nascent from technics and civilisation rear their heads out of the dark crypts of silicon oceans.
We are looking for entries that explore these apparatuses, you can take either a techno-positivist approach or see into the threats to our mortality and morality ie. the dystopian alt-right implications that transhumanism could be misused for. The marginalised are already at a deficit, deprived of the standards that the upper classes experience. Queer people face psychological trauma and BIPOC deal with biological trauma. These tools that only the elite monopolise, what if these apparatuses fell into our hands and gave us an advantage in navigating society?
Topics we’re scouting for:
Techology and the Cyborg, Posthumanism, Accelerationism, Artificial Intelligence, Digital apartheid, biotechnology, harm reduction, bioDIY subcultures, biopunk, cyberfeminism, Trans medical care and surveillance capitalism, dance music, cyber secuirty and encryption, simulation,
Submission guidelines:
We are looking for theoretical analysis of the topics mentioned above, delve as micro or macro, structural or philosophical as you want in your thesis. We are simply looking for experimental takes, untouched topics and voices that represent the margins in our analysis of technology in this issue. We encourage writing that is somewhere between academic and abstract.
Our requirements for submissions are that your thesis is in your style of writing and fits the theme of the issue, what is essentially being explored is an issue that links to a bigger structural theme being discussed - it can include anything from sociological analysis to critique of structures or stories arising from personal experience. The narrative here is that your work is a readable essay. Also if you have work you’ve already written that fits the agenda then all we ask is that you reduce the word count to fit our 1000 word limit and submit to us. (so it cab fit easily on a 2-page spead on the magazine) We look forward to reading your work and amalgamating a beautiful anthology.